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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

The library includes imagery from diverse sources: telescopes like Hubble and Webb that capture deep-space nebulae, galaxies, and exoplanets; planetary missions like the Mars rovers ( browse Mars photos) and Cassini at Saturn; Earth observation satellites ( see EPIC imagery); astronaut photography from the ISS; and documentation of rocket launches, spacecraft assembly, and ground testing. Most NASA images are in the public domain and free to download at full resolution for educational, editorial, and personal use.

Use the search bar above to find specific subjects — try queries like "Apollo 11," "Hubble Deep Field," "Mars surface," or "astronaut EVA." You can also filter by media type (image, video, or audio). For a daily curated experience, visit the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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NASA image: Kepler Beyond Planets: Finding Exploding Stars (Type Ia Supernova from a White Dwarf Merger)
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Mar 26, 2018

Kepler Beyond Planets: Finding Exploding Stars (Type Ia Supernova from a White Dwarf Merger)

This frame from an animation shows the merger of two white dwarfs. A white dwarf is an extremely dense remnant of a...

JPL
NASA image: Polluted White Dwarf (Artist's Concept)
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Nov 1, 2017

Polluted White Dwarf (Artist's Concept)

This artist's concept shows an exoplanet and debris disk orbiting a polluted white dwarf. White dwarfs are dim,...

JPL
NASA image: Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf

For the first time, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a massive object with the makeup...

GSFC
NASA image: Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings
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Feb 19, 2019

Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings

In this illustration, an asteroid (bottom left) breaks apart under the powerful gravity of LSPM J0207+3331, the...

GSFC
NASA image: Comet Bites the Dust Around Dead Star  Artist Concept
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Jan 11, 2006

Comet Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept

This artist concept illustrates a comet being torn to shreds around a dead star, or white dwarf, called G29-38. NASA...

JPL
NASA image: Silicates in Alien Asteroids
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Jan 5, 2009

Silicates in Alien Asteroids

This plot of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescopes shows that asteroid dust around a dead white dwarf star...

JPL
NASA image: White Dwarfs: Small and Strong
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Apr 4, 2013

White Dwarfs: Small and Strong

This chart shows data from NASA Kepler space telescope, which looks for planets by monitoring changes in the...

JPL
NASA image: White Dwarf Stars
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Dec 1, 1999

White Dwarf Stars

Peering deep inside a cluster of several hundred thousand stars, NASA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the...

JPL
NASA image: Asteroid Bites the Dust Around Dead Star  Artist Concept
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Jan 5, 2009

Asteroid Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes upon the dusty remains of shredded asteroids around several dead...

JPL
NASA image: Coolest Orbs on the Block Artist Concept
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Jun 24, 2010

Coolest Orbs on the Block Artist Concept

This artist concept shows hundreds of brown dwarfs deep red, expected to be added to the population of known stars...

JPL
NASA image: Explosions - Large and Small  Artist Concept
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Mar 7, 2007

Explosions - Large and Small Artist Concept

This artist concept is of Z Camelopardalis Z Cam, a stellar system featuring a collapsed, dead star, or white dwarf,...

JPL
NASA image: Scene of Multiple Explosions
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Mar 7, 2007

Scene of Multiple Explosions

This composite image NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows Z Camelopardalis, or Z Cam, a double-star system featuring...

JPL
NASA image: Hypothetical Rejuvenated Planets Artist Concept
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Jun 25, 2015

Hypothetical Rejuvenated Planets Artist Concept

This artist's concept shows a hypothetical "rejuvenated" planet -- a gas giant that has reclaimed its youthful...

JPL
NASA image: Ceres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared Light
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Jan 19, 2015

Ceres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared Light

In this image, taken January 13, 2015, NASA Dawn spacecraft captures the dwarf planet Ceres in both visible and...

JPL
NASA image: Ghostly Remnant of an Explosive Past
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Mar 7, 2007

Ghostly Remnant of an Explosive Past

This enhanced image from the far-ultraviolet detector on NASA Galaxy Evolution shows a ghostly shell of ionized gas...

JPL
NASA image: Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes
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Oct 8, 2014

Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes

This chart illustrates relative masses of super-dense cosmic objects, ranging from white dwarfs to supermassive...

JPL
NASA image: Dead Star Warps Light of Red Star Artist Animation
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Apr 4, 2013

Dead Star Warps Light of Red Star Artist Animation

This artist concept depicts an ultra-dense dead star, called a white dwarf, passing in front of a small red star....

JPL
NASA image: Hubble Sees an Aging Star Wave Goodbye
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees an Aging Star Wave Goodbye

This planetary nebula is called PK 329-02.2 and is located in the constellation of Norma in the southern sky. It is...

GSFC
NASA image: Kepler Beyond Planets: Finding Exploding Stars (Type Ia Supernova from a White Dwarf Stealing Matter)
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Mar 26, 2018

Kepler Beyond Planets: Finding Exploding Stars (Type Ia Supernova from a White Dwarf Stealing Matter)

This frame from an animation shows a gigantic star exploding in a "core collapse" supernova. As atoms fuse inside...

JPL
NASA image: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted with Planet Debris'
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted with Planet Debris'

This is an artist’s impression of a white dwarf (burned-out) star accreting rocky debris left behind by the star’s...

GSFC
NASA image: James Webb Space Telescope Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI Images Side by Side)
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Jul 12, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI Images Side by Side)

This side-by-side comparison shows observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and...

STScI
NASA image: Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 also Known as the Helix Nebula
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May 5, 2005

Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 also Known as the Helix Nebula

This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the planetary nebula NGC 7293 also known as the...

JPL
NASA image: Ceres Topographic Globe Animation
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Jul 28, 2015

Ceres Topographic Globe Animation

This frame from an animation shows a color-coded map from NASA Dawn mission revealing the highs and lows of...

JPL
NASA image: Stellar shrapnel
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Dec 8, 2017

Stellar shrapnel

Several thousand years ago, a star some 160,000 light-years away from us exploded, scattering stellar shrapnel...

GSFC
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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
Can I download NASA images?+
Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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